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Seroxcat’s Salon

The Cubic Christmas Lights of Carnaby Street

And the people who hate them

Nov 10

People gather for the lighting of the Carnaby Street Christmas illuminations, 2024.

Nov 10

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E³ — Entertain Enlighten Empower

Drowning in Dystopia

What two Hollywood flops can teach us about optimism

Oct 9

Illustration of a fictional city skyline. Golden, futuristic and utopian on the left; dark, crumbling and dystopian on the right.

Oct 9

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New Writers Welcome

What I Know After Reaching 500 Followers in Eight Months

Advice from a Medium writer who still knows absolutely nothing

3d ago

A group of people on camels follow a man into the desert.

3d ago

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E³ — Entertain Enlighten Empower

Twenties Slang Is the Greatest of All Time — But Which Twenties?

Why your cat’s pyjamas are the OG

6d ago

An AI-generated black cat, wearing blue patterned pyjamas and looking sleepy.

6d ago

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Japonica Publication

If People Wrote About Britain the Way They Write About Japan

Or, how to write about a place as if it’s strange and exotic

Nov 5

The River Thames, Tower Bridge and the Shard, as seen from London Bridge.

Nov 5

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Counter Arts

‘Waiting for Godot’: Beckett’s Blank Canvas at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Director James Macdonald strips away the details, letting the characters speak for themselves

Nov 2

Estragon and Vladimir look out at the audience in ‘Waiting for Godot,’

Nov 2

Owen Schaefer

The Real ‘Curse of Oak Island’ Is the Show’s Terrible Producers

This trash-television could be telling a story, but the showrunners just aren’t interested

Nov 1

Rick Lagina gestures while explaining something, in The Curse of Oak Island.

Nov 1

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E³ — Entertain Enlighten Empower

Why Authors Cross Out Their Names When Signing a Book

A brief history of the authorial strikethrough

Oct 27

An autograph with crossed-out printed name.

Oct 27

Owen Schaefer

The Sometimes Terrible Movies that Made Me Love Movies

Films I couldn’t get enough of when I was young, even though some of them are trash

Oct 25

Loops of film on a white background.

Oct 25

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Ellemeno

How I Tried to Write About Three Books that Changed Me

But it wasn’t about the books at all

Oct 20

Three worn books sit in a stack.

Oct 20

Owen Schaefer

Owen Schaefer

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Born in a hollow log and raised by wolves. Now writing about the arts, culture, travel and the world. Fiction may occur.

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